H.R. No. 2739
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Alexander Good-Suhm, a senior at Rapoport Academy
Meyer High School in Waco, participated in the Texas High School
Aerospace Scholars program at NASA during the summer of 2014; and
WHEREAS, The HAS program was established in 1999 as a
partnership between the State of Texas, NASA's Johnson Space Center
in Houston, and the Texas educational community to encourage
student interest in science, technology, engineering, and math
careers; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Good-Suhm was one of 260 high school juniors to
join in the weeklong program at Johnson Space Center; participants
toured the facilities, heard briefings by NASA experts, and
presented a jointly developed proposal for a mission to Mars to a
gathering of their parents, the space center's senior management,
members of the Texas Legislature, and representatives from the
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and the Rotary Club; and
WHEREAS, An exemplary scholar, Mr. Good-Suhm was named a
Commended Student for 2015 by the National Merit Scholarship
Program; he has worked as a research assistant at the Baylor
Research and Innovation Collaborative, and he plans to study
physics after graduating from Rapoport Academy Meyer High School;
and
WHEREAS, This fine young Texan is moving toward the front
ranks of the next generation of scientists and engineers, and he is
indeed a source of great pride to his family and his school; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby commend Alexander Good-Suhm for his
participation in the Texas High School Aerospace Scholars program
and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Good-Suhm as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Anderson of McLennan
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2739 was adopted by the House on May
21, 2015, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House